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    Jerry Breznican (White Shirt), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District chief of Emergency Management, highlights how the district manages and operates Emergency Command and Control Vehicles that can be utilized when available during an emergency response to first responders April 8, 2021 at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tennessee. The group participated in First Responders Day, an event where regional first responders work through an exercise scenario to communicate and facilitate awareness. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    First responders coordinate actions in Center Hill Dam tabletop exercise

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (April 15, 2019) – First responders participated in an exercise at Center Hill Dam last week to coordinate actions that would be necessary if they had to respond to a scenario where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District could not operate the spillways during a high water event.

  • December

    The Weather Channel National News Correspondent Justin Michaels interviews Anthony Rodino, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section chief, from Old Hickory Dam at Cumberland River mile 216.2 as the dam discharges water at a rate of 102,000 cubic feet per second Feb. 27, 2019 in Old Hickory, Tennessee. Rodino is featured in a new educational video that highlights how the Nashville District manages water in the Cumberland River Basin. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Video highlights water management in Cumberland River Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 10, 2020) – The public is invited to watch a newly released video that highlights how water is managed in the Cumberland River Basin in support of flood risk management, commercial navigation, hydropower production, water supply, environmental stewardship, and recreational opportunities.

  • July

    (Left to Right) Bill DeBruyn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District construction liaison; Tennessee District 40 Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver; Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, Nashville District commander; Steve Kohler, president and chief executive officer of Thalle Construction Corporation; David W. Salyers, P.E., Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; and Linda Adcock, Corps of Engineers retiree and former project manager; cut a ribbon signifying the completion of the roller compacted concrete berm and the overarching Center Hill Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Berm construction completes last repair phase for dam rehabilitation

    SILVER POINT, Tenn. (July 1, 2020) – Officials celebrated completion of the last phase of repairs for the $353 million Center Hill Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project today where the Corps of Engineers recently finished constructing a roller compacted concrete berm to reinforce the auxiliary dam at Center Hill Lake, a secondary earthen embankment that fills a low area in the landscape just east of the main dam.

  • May

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Center Hill Recreation Area, located adjacent to Center Hill Dam, is once again open for public use beginning Friday, May 8, 2020. Center Hill Recreation Area has been closed since 2008 as a result of construction activities related to the Center Hill Dam Rehabilitation Project. (USACE photo by Bailey Carter)

    Center Hill Recreation Area opens today

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (May 8, 2020) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Center Hill Recreation Area, located adjacent to Center Hill Dam, is once again opening for public use beginning Friday, May 8, 2020.  Center Hill Recreation Area has been closed since 2008 as a result of construction activities related to the Center Hill Dam Rehabilitation Project.

  • August

    LANCASTER, Tenn. — This fishing boat capsized in the tailwater of Center Hill Dam Aug. 16, 2012 during sluice gate releases. Two people were rescued thanks to quick-thinking, experience and teamwork between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District officials and a nearby fisherman.

    Quick thinking, experience, teamwork aid in rescue of two below Center Hill Dam

    Quick-thinking, experience and teamwork of individuals at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Center Hill Dam aided in the rescue of two people Aug. 16, 2012 after their boat capsized while fishing in turbulent tail waters during sluice gate releases.
  • JAMESTOWN, Ky. — Tommy Haskins, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District technical manager for the Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project in Jamestown, Ky., briefs the 2011 Post-Flood Performance Assessment team from USACE Headquarters during a tour of the project's work platform July 25, 2012. The higher headquarters team visited the dam as it seeks to identify potential revisions to water control manuals, and recommend operational changes, both within and outside of existing authorities and policies.

    Higher headquarters observes how Cumberland River Basin supported Greater Mississippi River System

    When the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers experienced a flood of record in the spring of 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District supported the flood fight by holding back water at its dams in the Cumberland River Basin reservoir system.

  • July

    LANCASTER, Tenn. — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Bauer Foundation Corporation management and personnel pose for photos on a specialty drill rig July 11, 2012 during a "First Bite" ceremony to begin constructing a subsurface concrete wall as a barrier for potentially harmful seepage water moving beneath the earthen dam.

    Construction begins with 'first bite' on foundation barrier wall at Center Hill Dam

    The "first bite" of a $106 million drilling project to stabilize the earthen portion of the Center Hill Dam with a barrier wall was taken July 11, 2012 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor, Bauer Foundation Corporation, as the auger of a giant drill rig turned up the first dirt to the cheers of spectators.

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